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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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